Introducing the Constitutional Asylum (COAS) dataset, we trace the adoption and characteristics of #asylum provisions in 193 states between 1789-2023.
Constitutional asylum has spreed mainly through autocracies, using it to strengthen presidential power and geopolitical agendas.
#openaccess 👇️
In this #openaccess JEMS article, Sandra Lavenex and I revisit the contested emergence of EU return and readmission norms shaped by ♟️chessboard politics♟️
From the 1980s to today, we identify a growing overlap of cooperation frameworks, renewed negative conditionality, and expanding legal grey zones
📢 Registration is now open for 'Unwelcome to Denmark: The Paradigm Shift and Refugee Integration'
📅 21 January 2026
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Professor Michelle Pace will examine Denmark’s migration policies and approach to integration, and the experiences of refugees.
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„When viewed through the lens of EU asylum policy, the world outside the European Union appears to be steadily transforming into a wonderland of 'safe countries'“.
Great piece by @frowinrausis.bsky.social and @gaiaromeo.bsky.social in @euobserver.com today. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
At a moment of growing insecurity in Europe, the Council agreed to establish an EU-wide list of 'safe countries of origin'.
@gaiaromeo.bsky.social and I argue in @euobserver.com that safety is merely a convenient fiction and that these asylum policies tend to produce opposite effects.
full piece 👇️
Contrary to the name, the EU's safe country of origin list is not primarily based on safety considerations. In fact, the EU’s new asylum legislation on ‘safe country policies’ forms part of a system whose aim is to reject and deport more quickly.
🔔 Do not miss this upcoming event in Geneva on 16 September.
Brilliant scholars -
@danghez.bsky.social, @petramolnar.com, and @idcoalition.bsky.social - launch a new report, discussing whether technology are alternatives or extensions of detention.
In person and online participation. More info 👇️
Brilliant paper for researchers and students working with migration data by the talented @samdschmid.bsky.social
The #EU Commission has proposed letting member states drop the ‘connection requirement’ from the ‘safe third country’ concept in #asylum cases.
@gaiaromeo.bsky.social and I argue this seemingly technical tweak marks a major shift — toward an ‘(un)safe fourth country’
@ecprtheloop.bsky.social 👇️
The EU has proposed letting member states drop ‘connection requirement’ from the ‘safe third country’ asylum concept
@gaiaromeo.bsky.social & @frowinrausis.bsky.social argue this marks a shift toward an ‘(un)safe fourth country’ approach that some have already - unsuccessfully - tried
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The idea of #externalizing asylum is gaining traction within Europe.
I explain why Denmark, as first European state, passed a bill to outsource asylum and how the Social Democratic government justified their U-turn.
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New paper: Out of Sync, Journal of Refugee Studies demonstrates how the temporal governance of Denmark's immigration policies affect refugee families, creating well-founded fear of separation from close kin. #temporaryprotection #refugee
Open Access🎁enjoy. doi.org/10.1093/jrs/...
The parliaments in the Netherlands and Switzerland just decided to cut funding for the UNRWA. What implications will this have? We discuss this matter in our latest blog piece www.defacto.expert/2024/12/02/d...
Credit: © UNHCR/Colin Delfosse Caption: Cash distribution to displaced people after floods in N'djamena, Chad, 2023. Description: Two hands exchange cash, a light coloured tile floor and dark yellow curtain in the background.
Join us for our launch event for our latest issue ‘Financing displacement response’!
Date: 12.12.24
Time: 13:00 London / 14:00 Geneva / 16:00 Addis Ababa / 19:00 Dhaka / 08:00 New York.
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#Refugees #Displacement #Funding #Financing
Like many other European social democratic parties, Labour is moving right on immigration, certainly driven by the recent success of Reform. We have researched this question for years now. There is an abundance of evidence of why this isn't a good strategy. A thread summarizing some of our research
An updated and complete list #2 of 150 social scientists of international migration, broadly defined, is now available
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UK Rwanda scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, which never actually sent any asylum seekers to Rwanda, cost £715 million (US$904 million)
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Have a read at our latest blog post on @defactoexpert.bsky.social
We discuss the implications of a suspension of Swiss payments to the UNRWA, currently debated in the parliament.
@frowinrausis.bsky.social
@lutzphilipp.bsky.social
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Defunding UNRWA: What is at stake? - @maudbachelet.bsky.social, @lutzphilipp.bsky.social, @frowinrausis.bsky.social
The Swiss Parliament may suspend its contribution to UNRWA. Maud Bachelet and her colleagues look back at what is at stake in such a decision.
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